Alfonso, Pehr Take Second as Engineers Place Eighth at Oberg Trophy

Apr 19, 2010

BOSTON, Mass. – Despite soaking rain
conditions along the Charles River, freshmen A-Division stars David
Alfonso and Kelden Pehr finished second out of 16 teams as the MIT
sailing team placed eighth overall at the 71st Oberg Trophy hosted
by Northeastern University and Boston University this past weekend.
Alfonso, the skipper, and crew Pehr fought varying winds of 5-10
knots from the east-to-northeast on Saturday and 5-7 knots with
gusts to 10 and lulls to 0 from the west-to-northwest on Sunday.

Racing on the W-4 course, Alfonso and Pehr dominated with seven
top-five finishes among the eight rounds, including a win in the
eighth tilt. The duo's total tally of 31 fell just three points shy
of BU's 28, as the Terriers won the overall event with a score of
60.

B-Division skipper Charles Field and crew Adrienne Tran finished
12th in their circuit with a pair of eighth-place marks.

Overall, Rhode Island College finished in second place following
BU. Rounding out the top-five was Dartmouth College, Boston
College, and Roger Williams University.

MIT, meanwhile, got a terrific outing from skipper Josh Leighton
and crew Victoria Lee at the New England Championships hosted by
Connecticut College. The A-Division duo placed fourth in their
circuit out of 18 teams as the Engineers finished 11th overall.
After a slow start, Leighton and Lee closed with seven top-five
slots during the 17 rounds and won two consecutive races in the
latter tilts.

The Cardinal and Gray also competed at the Women's Emily
Wick/Sloop Shrew Intersectional Regatta at the U.S. Coast Guard
Academy. The Engineers finished 15th out of 16 teams, as the
University of Charleston won the event with a score of 126. Kati
Gullick and Jillian Reedy represented the Cardinal and Gray in the
"A" division while Jamie Curran and Claire DeRosa competed in the
"B" division.